Issues with Aged Care Facilities
A qualitative study exploring issues related to medication management in residential aged care facilities
... in facilities housing the aging ...cost-effective care for patients based on their ...health care institutions, issuance of a prescription by a doctor as well as documentation of any procedure ...
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Healthy eating & diabetes: A guide for aged care facilities
... As we age our requirement for energy (calories or kilojoules) decreases, but at the same time the requirements for several vitamins and minerals increases. That is, we need a little less food but we need more nutrition ...
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Examining the role of information exchange in residential aged care work practices-a survey of residential aged care facilities
... clarify issues with one another more easily, and also it was the most effective means of communicating a large amount of information about a resident’s care to ...of care, than if verbal com- ...
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Antimicrobial stewardship in residential aged care facilities: need and readiness assessment
... Methods: Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with key RACF healthcare providers until saturation of themes occurred. Participants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. The framework ...
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Managing chronic diseases in rural aged care facilities using point-of-care testing systems
... rural aged care facilities Despite issues with research definitions and gaps in our current understanding of rural life, the evidence confirms that the rural context does present particular ...
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Successful ageing and oral health: incorporating dental professionals into aged care facilities
... population aged 65 years and older from 14% in 2012 to 22% in 2061 and 25% in 2101 1 ...residential aged care facilities (RACFs) have limited access to appropriate oral health systems 2 , ...
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Heat-Ready: heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities
... (287) facilities (18%) participated in the telephone ...Australian aged care residents. Ninety percent of facilities had a current ACF emergency plan, although only 30% included heat-wave ...
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Lived experiences and the design implications for living and dying with dementia in residential aged care facilities
... Future studies may also consider exploring differences in lived experiences between typical and less typical RACFs, such as high-end or small, privately owned and government operated RACFs with diverse staffing ratios ...
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Roles for pharmacists in improving the quality use of psychotropic medicines in residential aged care facilities
... After its first year of operation an evaluation of the RMMR program was undertaken to examine the effectiveness and outcomes of the service. 48 The evaluation showed high uptake of the service and a positive response ...
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An investigation of medication information transfer and application in aged care facilities in an Australian rural setting
... these issues as they apply to patients being admitted to aged care facilities in an Australian rural setting, including investigation of the transfer and early application of information about ...
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Medication incident reporting in residential aged care facilities: Limitations and risks to residents’ safety
... included care managers, nursing consultants and care ser- vice employees who are actively involved in the medication administration ...revealing issues not identified by ...
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Medication errors in residential aged care facilities: A distributed cognition analysis of the information exchange process
... 8 Limitations This study was limited to one organisational setting that has some distinctive organisational practices, for instance the execution of the weekly medication check procedure. However we do not aim to ...
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Health and Service Plan. Older Adults (65+) Focus: Residential Aged Care Facilities and Primary / Secondary Care Integration
... perceived issues in our community and commence to identify possible links for joint partnerships and action to address these issues in the GMSBML ...
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An integrated oral health program for rural residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods comparative study
... health facilities re- lies on several additional resources from the aged care facility which incur extra costs including a staff member to attend the appointment and specialist transport such as an ...
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CARE-PACT: a new paradigm of care for acutely unwell residents in aged care facilities
... of CARE- PACT is seen as an opportunity for educating ED staff, RACF staff, GPs and other health professionals about clinical care pathways and gerontic nursing care for defined conditions, in the ...
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Summary of Energy Audits (Level 2) Aged Care Facilities
... between facilities as those that used gas, used it for different combinations of ...those facilities with mains gas are identified with an ...some facilities to renegotiate their gas supply contract ...
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PREVENTING AND MANAGING FALLS IN AGED CARE FACILITIES. Chris Shanley
... All the material in this manual will not be fully relevant for all the environments which make up aged care facilities. it is suggested that staff review all the material in the manual and use the ...
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Effects of person-centered care on residents and staff in aged-care facilities: a systematic review
... of aged care have been developed and implemented in aged-care facilities around the world, but predominantly in the ...person-centered care at the core of their ...of care ...
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Quality Dementia Care Standards: A Guide to Practice for Managers in Residential Aged Care Facilities
... Secondly, there was a genuine sense of concern that these guidelines to staff would be used by the auditors of the Accreditation Agency in ways that would further complicate and make more difficult what is already ...
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A retrospective review of pain management in Tasmanian residential aged care facilities
... As noted previously, the frequency of use of non-pharmacological management strategies has been poorly documented 31 in the literature with most studies reviewing analgesic use alone. This is despite a number of ...
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